The micro-controller with just the right features

Developer Tools

Tools and IDE environments for developers

Arduino IDE & ERW IDE

The open-source Arduino Software (IDE) makes it easy to write code and upload it to the board. It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The environment is written in Java and based on Processing and other open-source software.

LCD Assistant

Use the LCDAssistant program to convert bitmaps to a format which is compatible with the Piccolino. The program requires that the width of the image is a multiple of 16 bytes (or it will not encode the bitmap correctly). Only 1 bit bitmaps (black & white) are supported.

ESP8266 NodeMCU Flasher

NodeMCU flasher is a firmware programmer which you can use it to program NodeMCU distribution firmwares on Piccolino’s ESP8266 WIFI board. You MUST set GPIO0 to LOW before programming. Currently only for Windows, the developers are working on next version and will use QT framework and will be cross platform and open source.

MIDI to TONE Converter

The MIDITONES application converts a standard MIDI file into a much simplified stream of commands, so that a version of the music can be played on the Piccolino micro controller. This tool was used to convert the midi files used in the Piccolino playtune demo.